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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Christian Democrats and lots of Republican Christians and other religious are against that too, OP. Atheists don't hold a monopoly on fighting to maintain the separation of church and state.[/quote]

That's true.  And Christians don't believe in any supernatural phenomena other than their own.  But they do believe in their own, and that is a political problem, and a problem for the rest of us who do not believe in it.

[b]I just think we'll be a much better, stronger and smarter country once people have voluntarily, logically, and of their own accord given up reliance on supernatural beliefs.[/b][/quote]

Lenin, Stalin and Mao agree.

Seriously, though, hyperbole like your OP just makes the people you’re concerned about harden their positions. I say this as someone who’s appalled by Trump’s Supreme Court nominees and the end of Roe v. Wade. Instead give a thought to psychology and ease up on the hyperbole. [/quote]

[i]Lenin, Stalin and Mao[/i]?  Who is dealing in hyperbole and propaganda now?

Check my bolded parts in the statement "we'll be a much better, stronger and smarter country [b]once people have voluntarily, logically, and of their own accord given up reliance on supernatural beliefs[/b]."

I believe people are capable of this type of growth, and the fact that non-belief is the fastest growing segment by a multiple supports that belief. They just need to know it is OK with society for them to follow the logic to that position.[/quote]

I’m in awe of your arrogance. I’m a faithful person and I am quite aware that I contribute to making this country “better, stronger, and smarter” in my role as a high school teacher. Yes, I believe in God. I believe it takes courage and conviction to have faith in the unseen. I don’t push my beliefs on others, though.

The fact you are? I wonder which of us is more dangerous. [/quote]

You say "I believe it takes courage and conviction to have faith in the unseen."  I don't think so.  I think people are taught that as children, and while they easily give up on other beliefs in the unseen (e.g., Santa, the tooth fairy), some people persist in believing in another form of the unseen -- God.  That's fine -- or it can be fine, if it makes you feel good and doesn't interfere negatively in your life.   But "courage and conviction" it is not.   It's simply a preference.[/quote]

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